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To: koan who wrote (224002)	10/14/2007 5:59:17 AM
From: JDN	Respond to of 793597

Both sides made mistakes at Gettysburg but the North recovered more quickly from their mistakes. As to Picketts charge, there is more to the story, Lee for instance expected better performance from his artillery to offsett the Northern advantage but his artillery performed poorly overshooting the Northern postion. Lee also had incredible faith in his soldiers. The Nation should be glad Lee lost at Gettysburg cause, had he won, we might be in an entirely different situation today. Most believe Lee would have then turned toward Washington and threatening the capital sued for peace. Many feel there was enough disgust in the north over the war to begin with that combined with the threat on the capital the north very well may have accepted that treaty. jdn

To: koan who wrote (224002)	10/14/2007 10:57:43 AM
From: Alan Smithee	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 793597

Minor point, but the title of the book is "The Killer Angels." I recently read that book, as well as "Gettysburg," by Newt Gingrich and William Fortschen (part of a trilogy - the other two books are "Grant Comes East" and "Never Call Retreat-Lee and Grant-The Final Victory") I highly recommend the Gingrich books, which are alternate history. In "Gettysburg" Gingrich has Lee pushing for a second-day assault on Seminary Ridge, while Longstreet pushes for a stealthy retreat at night to go around to the South, cutting the Union forces off from Washington, D.C., thereby threatening D.C. and inviting an attack by the Union on ground chosen by the Confederate forces. In Gingrich's alternate history, the Gettysburg campaign is a victory for the Confederate forces that nearly turned into a victory for the South in the War. From your posts, I see you enjoy reading. Suggest you read all three books. They're quite well written and really capture the time and the Civil War.